02-24-2004, 10:18 AM
I just realized something after watching a B-Action movie on TV.
It was about some terrorists hijacking a plane (surprise surprise) and flying it towards Washington DC.
Through the entire film the only thing that was the "scary and dangerous part making it difficult for the hero" was the fact that there where fighterplanes waiting to shoot the plane down (it was a passenger flight), so, this is a general fact, the US do send up fighter planes in the event of airplanes straying out of their premade routes. (And no, I don't base this on the movie, I just came to think of it, and yes, it has been said before)
So, why the hell did 2 airplanes manage to, not only fly within the aerial protected zone of NY, but to crash there? And the Pentagon? What is that?
I mean, WUUUUUUUUUT!? :o If anyone can explain this to me then feel free to do so.
It was about some terrorists hijacking a plane (surprise surprise) and flying it towards Washington DC.
Through the entire film the only thing that was the "scary and dangerous part making it difficult for the hero" was the fact that there where fighterplanes waiting to shoot the plane down (it was a passenger flight), so, this is a general fact, the US do send up fighter planes in the event of airplanes straying out of their premade routes. (And no, I don't base this on the movie, I just came to think of it, and yes, it has been said before)
So, why the hell did 2 airplanes manage to, not only fly within the aerial protected zone of NY, but to crash there? And the Pentagon? What is that?
I mean, WUUUUUUUUUT!? :o If anyone can explain this to me then feel free to do so.